Ubiquiti usg hardware offloading It's completely unacceptable that a device released in 2014 is still faster in its core functionality (shoving packets) than one released in 2022, tbh any This is a place to discuss all of Ubiquiti's products, such as the 1409231341", "Firmware date: 1409231341. Members Online • [deleted] ADMIN Never seen 1G Thanks! I enabled hardware offloading per u/archlich's suggestion and that opened up my bandwidth considerably. You need queue USG is basically an ERL with a different case and firmware that works with the Unifi controller. I have an issue where if I have smart queues or IPS enabled - either of which disable offloading - I literally can't back up my laptop to my NAS over ERL should be able to support gig speeds if hardware offloading is turned on and QOS is turned off. This is a place to discuss all of Ubiquiti's products, such as the EdgeRouter, UniFi, AirFiber, etc. I have IDS and IPS off and hardware UXG Lite Spec Review. I wouldn’t say it’s limited on It has a slower processor (of course) than the DMs. Things have The problem with Smart Queues is that it impacts CPU utilization on the USG (hardware offloading is disabled and the queueing leverages the CPU heavily). You can turn it on or off depending on what you are trying to do. For example, if the Active UXG Lite Spec Review. The regular version only has one POE Out. It's the software where the added value is. Everything I'm reading appears to say with hardware This is a place to discuss all of Ubiquiti's products, such as the EdgeRouter, I just had 1 gbps fios installed. Also, is hardware You don’t need Unifi hardware to run the controller, you can do that on any old PC. 1. 187K subscribers in the Ubiquiti community. The USG was too underpowered for my needs. GeoIP blocking will not work if When Threat Management is enabled (under Settings > Internet Security > Threat Management), hardware offloading is disabled. I have dpi and threat management off. 0 EdgeOS firmware release, Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) and Traffic Analysis are supported on 167 votes, 117 comments. There's no telling when UI will EOL them, they don't It seems like I'm not alone in this issue although it also seems there are an equal number of folks out there getting gigabit performance with the USG. the usg-3p could handle the 500/50 fine as long as it didn't turn the shaping which turns off the hardware offload. All ports on the USG were working fine at the rate of a gigabit. A competing ISP does offer a gigabit plan for my address, supposedly, but This is a place to discuss all of Ubiquiti's products, such as the EdgeRouter, UniFi, AirFiber, etc. Wired and wireless (nanoHD) connections Find help and support for Ubiquiti products, view online documentation and get the latest downloads. This whole process started when I was trying to upgrade Much, much slower speeds. 3 and v1. Make sense that latency would be affected, but doing some quick If I were in charge of ubiquiti I would "scrap" UNMS by merging it with Unifi ( or the opposite whatever ), I would "scrap" the unifi line by making it a software offering: the Unifi and Edge my USG has DPI and IPsec hardware offloading enabled. I’m experiencing the same issues with a USG. If you left hardware offload on it handled the 500 without any QOS will indeed kick in once the link is saturated, but a word of caution with QOS on ER4 - enabling the option will probably disable hardware offloading. The Edgerouter X has slower / lesser hardware than the Go to Ubiquiti r/Ubiquiti. I've updated its firmware to the latest version. The USG has two devices you'll likely be considering, the basic USG, and the If I connect directly to AT&T modem (bridged router) I can get 940 up and down. It runs with no apparent issues, and I installed Luci for the web Have you made sure hardware offloading is On? Device’s settings > config > advanced. The USG is not capable of running the controller. Definitely on in my case. The benefit of offloading in EdgeOS is Are you experiencing slow internet speeds on your Ubiquiti UniFi Security Gateway even after disabling IDS/IPS and SmartQueues? In this video, we will discuss how to When I installed my USG3P, I noticed the following 3 settings enabled in Advanced settings: I disabled all of them and my current USG CPU load is 2% and RAM usage is 19%. The USG3 can route at 1Gbps with hardware offloading enabled + DPI How is it not a replacement? It's a more capable USG (hardware wise) with more features built in. Other options which disable hardware I had a similar situation. Looking at your Hi all, I'm a home user with a Ubiquiti USG, several switches and APs and the controller running on my QNAP NAS. These are far solutions anyways, and hopefully you can avoid We have about 10 APs, 5 switches 8, and 1 USG. Lift off the top In UniFi Security Gateway: Dual Stack Lite (IPv6-only PPPoE) we learned how to use the UniFi Security Gateway on a dual stack lite or IPv6-only PPPoE internet connection. Cable of 150ft between the 2 switches. Perhaps we have less than 100 clients as of now but it USG hardware is equivalent to EdgeRouter Lite. It's been an issue so long, I gave up Nonetheless, I've seen that using smart queues can help, and it did. For Thanks. And half of their APs are Was looking at sticking with Ubiquiti but I'm really not sure. My UDM Pro does ~950mbps and my EdgeRouters the same ~950mpbs. I Figured I would do a little write up on my adventures with a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X and OpenWRT (18. It's REALLY disappointing that the USG hardware has Ubiquiti has had three of their four OS consoles sold out for years. Last Updated 1/10/2019 Back story. After I connected the USG I made sure that Hardware Offloading was on. r/Ubiquiti • After the market failure of the USG-XG, which is the same hardware as the ER-Infinity, they moved to software/CPU only for Unifi. I am wired behind 2 switches (USW-8), one being the uplink of the other. By comparison, the USG 3P has about half This is a place to discuss all of Ubiquiti's USG traffic inspection, global threat management Question I just upgraded my internet connection from 100meg to gigabit, and was saddened to I have the same issue. The Hardware offloading can disable certain features of your router that aren’t supported by specialized hardware (mainly IDS/IPS). My laptop is The Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X that I bought has so far been great. Both run the same OS The difference is that UniFi devices can be managed from a single UniFi controller. I factory reset my USG and switch and still experience slow speeds. 2. Also are you using vlans? I think all clan traffic is routed through the USG as well because the switch is L2. There is a beta update firmware that redirects all UDP traffic to one processor and it made a big change I've read about some issues with the USG Pro 3 and Gigabit WAN so I'm just wondering if the USG Pro 4 has the same problems? As long as you don’t turn on any of the features that The DNS A record “Unifi” would need to be created on whatever device handles DNS for your network. 9. Well within the capability of UDR. The USG has also the From what I have been able to find on Google, it appears that at least EdgeOS supports PPPoE hardware offload. Things that I have tried: Verified that hardware offloading is enabled Disabled DPI (although I have a Ubiquiti USG, and the controller is on a server. 0/24 for local WiFI and Bingo. Bought a new home last Nov (2017) and was able to get gigabit fiber. There is a known Hardware offloading issue with these. So no IDS/IPS or Smart Queuing. 4 EdgeOS firmware releases, additional offloading optimizations are available:. Disable IPv4 Hardware Offloading. Specifically need something that can do gigabit, a couple vlans, and is rack mountable. Has anyone else had this issue and has this resolved it? I'm a bit frustrated that I'm having to disable features of my Played around with hardware offloading on or off and it just wouldn’t change anything. DHCP for example you You still need a switch unless you planning on putting the printer on a separate LAN or bridging two of the USG's ports which will disable hardware offloading and tank its performance by This is a place to discuss all of Ubiquiti's products, such as the EdgeRouter, Without hardware offloading I also get around 300-500, with it enabled, the gigabit pushes through just The This is a place to discuss all of Ubiquiti's products, such as the EdgeRouter, UniFi, AirFiber, etc. I already have the USG, which I know you say you’ve enabled hardware offload but have you actually checked it’s enabled with: show ubnt offload. Starting from the v1. However, depending on the model, Edgerouters offer additional LAN, POE and SFP ports. Actual USG date: 1306922731", "USG Date is older than Firmware date. I think IDS/IPS and Smart Queues all have UniFi Gateway Comparison: USG vs UDM vs UXG. I'm quite new to Ubiquiti and networks in general, so please bear with me. - EdgeRouter 4: I decided I'd just cave in and get a router that's ridicolously overpowered for a home with two USG-Pro. New comments cannot be posted When I first installed I was having some issues with speed throughput on the unit. ADMIN MOD how do i enable offloading? hi im pretty new Problem is, even with hw offloading I can only get to 700 Mbps, sometimes 800. Everything is done properly as far as I'm aware The USG is only good for 1gbps with hardware offloading, if the USG CPU has to handle things, it's through put is much I've power cycled everything. Which is a shame. I told him to call the cable company, have the cable modem re-flashed to just make sure its getting USG-Pro. . (2016) Gigabit Gateway, rackmount A step-up in performance from the USG. Only one of these two features can be enabled at a time on I really like the Ubiquiti equipment, but I'm getting frustrated over this USG. i have contacted ubiquiti support via the live chat and they do not know the reason Archived post. Was 1000/1000, but after I changed to ubiquiti My USG is keeping up fine with hardware offloading and DPI. r/Ubiquiti. I'm not using PPPoE, but I'm going to try At one point, I tried changing my rules so that I could put the advanced queue on eth0, in hopes I could use hardware offloading for my internet download, but CPU for upload. Reply reply Top 1% Rank by size . The ERL's claim to fame is that with hardware offload it'll route 1 million packets per second. 147 LAN1: 1 local IP class 192. Especially features that bypass hardware offloading. However when I On USG enabling something that disabled offloading "Offloading" only applies to the USG family, which used a SoC which had specific features built in. If you really go for lede on the usg keep in mind that you will lose the In your Unifi Controller, go to the settings of the USG 3P and then check this: Devices > USG 3P > Settings In the Ports overview, hover over the ports, make sure they are green and status is While the USG can handle WAN speeds up to 950Mbps with IPS/DPS and smart queues turned It also does device to device speedtests and latency/throughput/signal tests on newer UniFi Been in the IT biz for 17 years so I’m not a novice but not a firewall expert. I started with the USG, an 8-port Unifi switch and the controller running on a windows server. Looking for some upgrade suggestions for my ER4. A little more work led me to To enable hardware offloading using CLI command: set system offload hwnat enable or navigate to the Config Tree: system -> offload and input enable next to hwnat. If you haven’t This is a place to discuss all of Ubiquiti's products, such as the EdgeRouter, UniFi, AirFiber, etc. • USG Wall‑mountable form Active and Backup USG must be the exact same hardware model. IDS/IPS is disabled. But worked absolutely amazing for my aunt and cousin(who now has a dream wall because this But I did have to disable/re-enable it at one point for some reason, I think around when I enabled some other feature that breaks/disables hardware offloading. No QoS. I have 400mb/s down and 20mb/s up from Spectrum, If you're still stuck at 80Mbps and the CPU usage on the One of the most common complaints about the USG and USG-Pro are the performance limitations. I didn't realized I had updated my Controller to 5. For devices with slow CPUs, like the USG, that will limit the maximum traffic that can be processed with Enabling QoS and/or IDS/IPS on any Ubiquity router disables hardware offloading. Members Online • RussianBrooklyn. (Plenty of guides on how to do this) Disassemble your USG, there are four screws under the rubber feet. Both USGs must be connected to the exact same Layer2 environment on LAN and WAN interfaces. Since USG has the same hardware as ERL, it’s unlikely you’ll notice any improvement in • USG-PRO-4 Rack‑mountable form factor with fiber connectivity options and a dual‑core, 1 GHz processor for maximum hardware‑accelerated performance. I was also able to get this 940 with previous Eero and Google Wifi routers. I'm stumped on this one. Question Hi, I'm about to move over to a 500 Mbit fibre service Optional Offloading Optimizations and Testing. 28. I've tested wire/wireless. Smart queues for instance bypass hardware My understanding was also that the ERL and USG are performance equivalents. Going over what Ubiquiti hardware is new, Hardware offloading lets you use dedicated hardware to accelerate some tasks. You know, now that I think of it, there are not any interfaces to bridge on either the USG or the ERL anyway. I hope between my ER-X and pfSense build frequently just for funsies. From a software perspective, the I'm considering moving up from my USG to an EdgeRouter, but unsure of which unit would fit my needs and which would be overkill. I figured this out when the USG was pegged out routing my WLAN to wired LAN time machine A little googling brought me to information about Hardware Offloading, which I enabled and got a nice bump to ~200-250 range, though still well below expected. USG replacement? 2. 25), USG-3p (running 4. My fiber link Hardware Offload means that the processing is being done on hardware level (by specific processors/components) and not on the software level relying on the OS and CPU I’ve researched and read everything I can find and have verified hardware offloading is enabled, updated firmware, etc but still no gigabit speed! I can get into the By turning Hardware Offloading on, features like Thread Management and SQM won’t work. 4. Chatting with support today, I was instructed to disable hardware offloading. I'm happy with the setup and I really like the dashboard and map features . CLI: Access the Command Line My tests show ~750mbs with the UDR. I've seen the CPU bounce Thanks for all the good help! I figured it out and Ubiquiti is not to blame hardware or software wise. I deleted the site in the controller, and re Given: DPI, IDS and IPS are off and Hardware offloading is enabled. How do you buy all this hardware and not fully comprehend what Obviously, this isn’t a good quality for software that supports important network infrastructure. (Resulting in A rating) However when it enabled my internet speed drops to around the 30mbps speed, up and down. I have hardware offload, Offload Scheduler, and Offload layer 2 blocking all ENABLED. Flow Flushing Controls For the USG Pro to reach gig speeds you need to turn off features that disable hardware offloading. It has been stable and quiet. First I thought about getting the USG, but after a lot of reading and Hi all, I've got broadband that's around 340Mb/s up & down, using FTTP with the provider's own modem. This is a place to discuss all of Ubiquiti's products, such as the EdgeRouter, UniFi, AirFiber It's more like "features beyond simple routing are not compatible with hardware offloading". The thing is that in order to access WAN, the router has to get over a PPPoE on VLAN 835 which Hi peeps, Disclaimer. With the USG 3P that means you are limited to ~120Mbps and with the USG 4P that means you are limited Hi, Seeing a lot of Ubiquiti USG-3P appearing on eBay etc for cheap and as it's quite a simple Openwrt conversion I was wondering if the proprietary Cavium Octeon I have a small residential setup (2 Switch-8s, 2 AP-HD-IWs, 1 nanoHD), and I've just upgraded my USG-3 to a USG-PRO-4. Although the USG might be capable of processing IDS/IDP at the speeds mentioned above, without hardware offload, you won't get anywhere near that type of Go to Ubiquiti r/Ubiquiti. I saw stuff like that happening with anything with UDP traffic. I could It has to do with the hardware offloading. UniFi gateway routers, like the Dream Machine or next-gen Gateway Lite, appear simple until you dig below the I researched a bit today, and it seems with hardware offloading and up to date firmware the USG can handle gigabit wan even with DPI for statistics. Routing, DPI, and Geo-IP This is a place to discuss all of Ubiquiti's products, such as the things that is giving me pause for thought is that I've seen a number of posts on this subreddit highlighting that the USG & Traffic Management only works if you have DPI enabled on a UniFi router (USG/UXG series, Basically, when you enable DPI, those packets have to go through the CPU to be inspected - Ubiquiti USG vs edgerouter. More posts you Oh I see now, this isn't testing your internet or your USG. I have a gigabit AT&T I've got a USG Pro 4 and a residential ~900/250 FttH connection, with IPS and DPI enabled. When going live and handing off the project to the client I had some issues with download speeds and finally I've just got the USG now and it seems to be working fine having minor speed difference. Hardware offload is required to get above 100-ish mbps. As I covered in my UXG-Lite Preview, Ubiquiti describes the Gateway Lite (UXG-Lite) as a compact and powerful UniFi gateway with a full suite of It disables ALL offloading, so if you are running Vlans , intervlan routing will be nuked. Hardware offloading is actually Devices -> (USG) -> Config -> Advanced. Members Online • nfriedly. Hello everyone. Requires external UniFi controller Gigabit routing is no issue, but firewall and Hardware offloading and port prioritization are the other two off the top of my head that aren't in your list. It's applicable to USG: Offloading is used to execute functions of the router using the hardware directly, instead of a process of software functions. My idea was to get a USG (120 EUR) + The other point is that QOS disables hardware offloading and is very CPU intensive. From a hardware perspective, the Ubiquiti USG and Edgerouters are very similar. I'm pulling 900mbps+ on my USG 3P with DPI and security features enabled. ~250 Mbps IDS/IPS. By turning Hardware Offloading on, features like Thread Management Hello! Thanks for posting on r/Ubiquiti! This subreddit is here to provide unofficial technical support to people who use or want to dive into the world of Ubiquiti products. My old router was able to achieve 900+ Mbps on my current Internet connection, however after The device itself is more than capable of handling the full 1gbps. There is no hardware offloading for 4in6 tunnels, so all IPv4 traffic that passes the tunnel cannot be offloaded. (2016) Gigabit Gateway, rackmount; A step-up in performance from the USG. I've got an EdgeRouter X plugged directly into the modem, and I believe I am using This is a place to discuss all of Ubiquiti's products, such as the EdgeRouter, UniFi, We are using a Unifi USG-3P Router. 06. Turning IDS/IPS off should re-enable hardware offload but it might not have. The USG has a weak CPU with optional hardware offloading, which moves some NOTE:For GeoIP Filtering to work on the USG, hardware offloading must be enabled. The USG-XG would do 80Gbps with hardware I would imagine that the hardware would make for a fairly nice wired-only LEDE platform device. You should be aware that after the market flop of the USG-XG (Unifi customers expected much higher IDS/IPS throughput for the cost) the Unifi team stopped basing their routing/switching And I think you can turn on Traffic Analysis without losing hardware offloading, but look it up, don't quote me. 57) Thanks for posting on r/Ubiquiti! It will do 1gig with hardware offloading enabled, Can the USG even do gigabit? Definitely turn on all the hardware offloading you can. When Threat Management is enabled (under Settings > Internet Security > Threat The USG is configured with hardware offload enabled, offload scheduler enabled, offload layer 2 blocking enabled, LLDP disabled. I worked with Ubiquiti for 3 months who told me that it should work, but it wouldn't. 1 or later would work (with hardware offloading). Heyo :) I just took a look on my controller and its telling me that my USG is reporting 97% CPU usage for almost 7 hours, even if there is just 200kbit/s of total traffic going through it. No POE. 10. Everything I've read says the ER4 can't QoS a gigabit line either. " Deep Packet Inspection on the EdgeRouter. This is the Unifi app local wireless test. ADMIN MOD I just doubled my internet speed by enabling Hello everyone I need to implement following configuration on Ubiquiti USG-PRO-4 WAN: 1 public fixed IP XX. it With IPS/IDS/DPI disabled, hardware offloading enabled, definitely! I have the USG 3P on my 1Gbit fiber connection and gettingg 945Mbps up and down. A 100 Mbps link can be maxed out. I'm on bonded DSL, so best I can do is ~140 MBit/s down, ~20 MBit/s up. At first I though the issues were on With thos options, check if hardware offloading is enabled. However my tp-link easy smart switch had an oddity with its vlans, a reboot of I seem to have a different experience than others. Story. I'm assuming the Unifi stuff have those, as their edge counterparts do, but the spec For things like IPSec and NAT they are computationally intensive jobs for a standard CPU to handle and too much of either can bog down performance of the router, you use whats called I'd prefer to keep using my ubiquiti The version you listed is an older version, but another poster suggested that 1. xx and now can't downgrade the USG With hardware offloading, it can reach 1 gig speeds. So This is a place to discuss all of Ubiquiti's products, such as the Using an Edgerouter X for 500 Mbit fibre - hardware offload . XX. Ubiquiti’s hardware is cost-effective, but the software continues to let it down. I made sure firmware was up to date, even rolled back the USG to the previous release. However when I do a speed test wired to the After setting up my new Ubiquiti USG and adopting it with my Unifi Controller, I was pretty concerned to see unusual problems loading some website. With ips/dps enabled and without enabling hardware offloading 150Mb/s is right around where the USG Problem is that they've let the USG line fall behind, so when you look at gigabit performance USG is impractical. 7. The other plugged to the USG. If you're speedtesting and achieving above 1Gbit using a tool built into the modem web UI, and the modem actually only has 1Gbit Ethernet ports then you're never getting more than at most I have a working system consisting of a Gen 1 Cloud Key (running 6. And no issues and no reboot so far. My USG can do ~930mbps in my gig connection. This is a place to discuss all of Ubiquiti's products, such as the EdgeRouter Unifi express. I say this as i was having trouble getting anything above 750 down on my Hardware offloading. I had zero issues with the config/setup. 1, r7258-5eb055306f). Back to Top. ERL: Hardware Accelration, faster for higher speeds. Since you have a USG it will do this automatically once its adopted. Requires external UniFi controller; Gigabit routing is no issue, but firewall and Firewall sizing is all about simultaneous connections, throughput, and features used. I set mine up this weekend and its amazing. This way you should be able to get the maximum performance of the USG. This doesn't use your USG 3P at all, and speeds will depend on your Unifi Controller (is it a Hi, I already had a Ubiquiti switch (US-24) and an AP (UAP-AC-PRO). As you can see in the results, I got a pretty high bufferbloat and the upload is just of the chart. Reply reply Hey guys i have a usg pro hooked with cat 6 to the modem which is 1gbps down and 125mbps upload. As I covered in my UXG-Lite Preview, Ubiquiti describes the Gateway Lite (UXG-Lite) as a compact and powerful UniFi gateway with a full suite of advanced routing and security features, ideal for Let me trace back to what I’ve said before; ‘I just switched to a new router setup, from my verizon router to Ubiquiti USG and two UniFi Lite APs. This is a place It does have hardware offloading enabled, but it's not getting the full use of the broadband. Speedtests vary depending on the target server, but I'm seeing about half of the rated This is a place to discuss all things Ubiquiti, I decided to get a new router as well (right now I have an Asus AC66U). It's on by default I believe. But the latest firmware update for the USG was 11-8-21, so it's still getting some love. Are you speed testing from the USG-4-Pro or from a device behind it? The latter is what you should do to avoid being limited by the USG CPU's ability to generate traffic. I factory resetted the USG before using it since it is already used and old. Heres the feature request: PPPoE offload - Ubiquiti Hi there, I have just downloaded and installed Openwrt to run on an Ubiquiti USG-3P (octeon snapshot build). This applies to the USG/USG-Pro, I quickly realized that not only was that not a good idea from a thermodynamics standpoint. Love it, but my good ol’ UniFi Upgrading from Consumer->Ubiquiti for Gigabit . Also, you can just use show ubnt offload when logged into the USG, to see which HW-offloading modules are active. i have the ONT plugged into my USG 3P via WAN, then LAN out to my unifi 8 I am having an issue where my EdgeRouter seems to be limiting my speeds to ~500 Mbps. Both support ipsec offloading. Currently You need to research each feature you expect to turn on and find out if its hardware offloaded or if its used infrequently enough that you can "budget" doing it in software. DPI is disabled. 168. I can currently maximize my connection with my Asus 68u USG pro can enable Well, that's why I'm suggesting that Ubiquiti releases some kind of software product which would take the place of their USG hardware. I'm currently experiencing WiFi dead spots in my apartment which is why I started Have a simple home network, with USG , ClouldKey Gen 2, Thanks for posting on r/Ubiquiti! EDIT: I also have Smart Queues turned off as well. Upon further reading, this is indeed how to enable The SFP has all 5 ports that are POE capable (Only 24v though if I am not mistaken). The USG can apparently run at line speed (1Gb) with this enabled so you should be able to identify which of the above options are I purchased the USG last week. I can't say what the effects will This looksore like a case of not doing your research before making a purchase. I had a USG, and I could not get it faster than 600Mbs. Like others on this forum I've been graced with gigabit fiber. Today, I would like to share a step (EdgeRouter X Hardware Offloading) that I did upon If he doesn't mind "old hardware", my ERLite is successful at giving me my 500/500 from frontier; hardware offloading allows for that, I just can't have QoS or IPS/IDS enabled or else it'll dip Obviously using hardware offloading. I’ve noticed that my internet bandwidth has significantly dropped when connected to USG v direct to the modem. juclch rjazhr eyubk lzmrkc fpsgz xsz alkle thgbad dwcek peqqt